Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-05-25

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I'D lesineSs Hurried his own
Np6ntsns - csus inlo 90 room q
VII eood uina, Is sxclsimsd, .blsw
- tnto Enx}Gndfs
4 teld him N ~ lessny, NY resignation
~ ~ posit3on, and my RETAIN home.
sBueyOo - absolutely yOuP own master
tn liz preo6ntfs - asksd,
XeM Nobody expects mo 4 heme, al !
- IetaIsing ~ that most idiotic principle
.Join =. theni We ill start next week
Tor 4 jAant through France, Spain, Italy,
perhaps up ths Nile. We are mot bound
" any route, ~ any promises. Wo start,
= pasty q fourteen, everybody at lcavo IL
re prefers another routs. We are to be
joined by another party In Paris, Mr.. and
Mr.. Englewood. D.. Smith, and a Miss
Marion Temple, who will probably prove
4Oh. shs II m old fnaid, . blue-stockinR,
ard : poet / forgive her novel, .Ismine;
but deliver me from 4 woman Who writes
verses and calls them 'Water- lilies
Now l should enjoy oil the pleasures Of
novelty Ia meeting her. I exclaimed. II
have NJ n old maid on my visiting list,
and | never had m honr'sl converse with q
nOvelist--or II II . novelistess. or . poetess.
Yoa don't happen 70 hare her books about
you. do your"
@You will ind them on the library table,
unless some il reading them. There
arc several copies about, A. most Of our
guests brought them.s
4 found Them, ~ promised. ON the library
'tahiss and after | got in m own room I
opened tho poems. The more / read, the
more was convinced that no old maid
genius. even tho faults Of youth, and some
o. them ! seemed TO have written myself.
The leading one, @Water- lilies, " brought
back % me the lake where May md I had
hoatcd upon the transparent water. gather.
ing p great, white, snowy treasures in
pf0fusiOn. saw her sweet face dip into
Z great heap upon the floor Of the boat and
como mp laughing, FAR sweeter than the
most glorious blossom there. Then / saw
her In tho soft white evening dress, with
the white lilies trailing from her soft curls
upon her pretty. dimpled childish shoulders,
dancing Rloefully, the only little girl In the
room. and with nm admirer wearing . mus
tache her devoted admirer.
And here IL was all in musical verse,
with . refrain OF regret for the child love
gone for ever.
II was far into the night when I slept,
with the vo.ume Of water lilies" tucked
under my pillow, and at the first daylight l
was picking q once more little scraps Of
memory-a drive We took to Marian's
Falls, which Marian gravely assured rue
were named Syears and years" before she
was born; a walk we took, when / tucked
mp her curls in womanish fashion and
twisted In sweetbrier, being ~piteously re.
preached a few hours later with making
her pull every hair out with those horrid
thorns;' . ride We took to Silver Grove,
where we pledged mutual faith and love in
cups Of lilies and vowed eternal consistency.
Pago after pnge brought my sweetheart to
till | reached out my locket from my
dispatch box and put IL round my neck,
rcady for any emerRency-ready 10 swear
with NJ much truth AZ most lovers vows
that Il had never left my heart since her
white hands first placed my treasure round
my neck.
To Paris! We were en- route ct last. l
knew my darling's verses by heart. had
hnth ;;r,.. ~ az - ssu. a.sSu:.ea
WHO had hrovr ave-. sra cn,d.r -. =
rod : haro whc ho,a ~. sha $500.
ssuahiarco ~ ~ Ao' NC
Tho party had engaged rooms for use al
the hotel they were staying at, and ono
general d~rawing-room was TO serve tie en-
tire party. Hero. after making my dress
object OF the most especial study, I
adv stood IL tha w;rdor ,ool;,c -.
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any 81 the Gifts Won cali i~alent, yor. who
tnn0ht ma that hooks wsra nj nr.rais
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nienaory ous s.ores OF knowiedge 70 DC
NV hone What no O u hew. ~
expressinc what nv brain snooests."
sMay," / said. gaining possession again
Of the hands she had released. syou have
travelled. seen the world, had your SON